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Title: Outside My Window | A Blog of Birds & Nature with Kate St. John

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Frost in Pittsburgh on 4 Nov 2021 (photo by Kate St. John)

4 November 2025

Four years ago today I took a photo of frost because it was so late that year.

Though Pittsburgh’s killing frost date officially ranges from October 20 to 22, it was so warm in 2021 that we had no killing frost until ea...

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Why the ZigZag?

Yellow garden spider on zigzag web, July 2010 (photo from Wikimedia Commons)

3 November 2025

By November adult href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_(spider)" tar...

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Armchair Lifers

Mangrove yellow warbler at Bonaire island (photo from Wikimedia Commons)

2 November 2025

In the world of birding a Life Bird, or “Lifer,” is a species seen for the first time...

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Green hawthorn fruits (probably Winter King cultivar), Frick Park, 28 Oct 2025 (photo by Kate St. John)

1 November 2025

This week the brightest fall color disappeared from the landscape as rain and wind took down the reddest leaves. This showed off many colorful fruits to attract attention.

A...

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Jack O’Lantern and candlelight (photo from Wikimedia Commons)

31 October 2025

Tonight’s the night for jack o’ lanterns and Trick Or Treat. Carved pumpkins glow on fro...

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